Lake Kalaramultu in Roxby Downs: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Look for Lake Kalaramultu in Roxby Downs, South Australia. Beyond the shoreline you have sage and rock. At some 2.35 sq km it is far too large to cover on foot in a day. The margin runs to about 6.9 km in total. By elevation it sits in the lower part of our South Australia listings. Roxby Downs is the closest town at 267 km. The big place round here is Adelaide, 709 km distant. The regional boundary is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lake Kalaramultu

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Read Lake Kalaramultu for ten minutes before the first cast goes out. It is listed as a lake.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 31°C; the cold one sits at 13°C. Warm water year-round keeps fish moving through every month. Spring runs September to November and autumn March to May, and both fish well. The wet months move levels about, which shifts the fishing with them. The season on Lake Kalaramultu rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Mapped as intermittent, it fills after rain and shrinks between. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Lake Pirakuruari sits 9.2 km off and takes the overflow. None of that is settled for Lake Kalaramultu in what we hold.